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Unconscious Discrimination Twenty Years Later: Application and Evolution
November 2, 2007
Sponsored by Connecticut Law Review.
Twenty years ago, Professor Charles Lawrence wrote one of the most influential pieces in critical race theory, entitled The Id, The Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism. Professor Lawrence noted that the purposeful intent requirements found in antidiscrimination laws failed to provide adequate protection because many forms of racial bias are unconscious. He argued that laws should be reformed to encompass more subtle forms of discrimination. More recently, scholars have applied the notion of unconscious discrimination to other areas of the law, including gender and disability bias.
This fall, The Connecticut Law Review hosted a Symposium focusing on the twentieth anniversary of Professor Lawrence’s piece. The Symposium drew together a multidisciplinary group of academics, practitioners, and community activists to discuss the evolution of Professor Lawrence’s piece. It also looked at the psychological studies that Professor Lawrence’s work encouraged and will examine the influence of his theory on “unconscious racism” twenty years later. Panelists discussed the application of his theory to a variety of practice areas such as criminal justice, employment discrimination, and juvenile law. Featured speakers included: Prof. Charles Lawrence, Prof. Mari Matsuda, Prof. Gowri Ramachandran, Hon. Janet Bond Arterton, Prof. Catherine Smith, Prof. Amy Wax, Prof. Samuel Bagenstos, Prof. Devon Carbado, Prof. Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Prof. James Forman Jr., Prof. Elizabeth Emens, Prof. John Tehranian, and Ms. Eva Jefferson-Paterson.
The Symposium was held on November 2, 2007 in Starr Hall at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Information about the symposium, as well as copies of the Symposium Edition of the Law Review, may be obtained by calling 860-570-5331 or e-mailing connlrev@law.uconn.edu.
SCHEDULE (pdf)
Friday, November 2, 2007
Welcome Breakfast
8:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m.
Jeremy Paul
Dean and Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Keynote Address
Charles R. Lawrence
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
MP3 recording of opening remarks and first keynote address
Break
9:45 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Panel One
10:00 a.m.-11:20 p.m.
Evolution of The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection
Moderated by
Loftus Becker
Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Panelists
Mari J. Matsuda
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Gowri Ramachandran
Associate Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
Catherine Smith
Professor of Law, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
Hon. Janet Bond Arterton
United States District Judge, District of Connecticut
MP3 recording of first panel discussion
Panel Two
The Intersection of Law and Psychology
11:20 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
Moderated by
Peter Siegelman
Roger Sherman Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Panelists
Samuel Bagenstos
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Washington University School of Law
Devon Carbado
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Valerie Purdie-Vaughns
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University
MP3 recording of second panel discussion
Lunch
12:40p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Address
Amy Wax
Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Introduction by
Jeremy Paul
Dean and Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
MP3 recording of second keynote address
Break
2:00 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
Panel Three
Applying Unconscious Discrimination
2:10p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Moderated by
Kaaryn Gustafson
Associate Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
Panelists
James Forman, Jr.
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
John Tehranian
Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
Eva Jefferson-Paterson
President, Equal Justice Society
Elizabeth F. Emens
Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Natasha Martin
Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Closing Remarks
3:50 p.m.
MP3 recording of third panel discussion and closing remarks
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